AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL BUBLE: TO BE LOVED

Only one person on this planet can make me want to sing Christmas carols in the springtime, and that is Michael Bublé. For the past few years, this crooner has become as synonymous with the yuletide season as Santa himself, and PPLA was thrilled to spend a recent holiday-themed evening with Michael at the Wadsworth Theatre.

WILL.I.AM TESTS THE AUDIENCE'S  #WILLPOWER FOR MINDLESS MUSIC: ADVANCE ALBUM REVIEW

Will.i.am has amassed an astonishingly successful career out of throwing one hell of a party. As the driving force behind the multi-platinum selling Black Eyed Peas, as well as one of the most sought after producers in the game, there’s no denying will.i.am’s ear for hit music. However, the BEP front man certainly had a lot to prove following his last solo effort, 2007’s Songs About Girls.

GHOST B.C. SUMMON FORTH A RITUAL AT THE EL REY

Swedish satanists Ghost, known as Ghost B.C. here in the U.S. due to legal issues, performed to a spellbound sold out crowd that included Ghost collaborator Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl at the El Rey Theater last Monday. Lead vocalist Papa Emeritus II, who was garbed in his customary papal robes, a cardinal’s hat, leather gloves and skeletal face paint, lead the ritual which began at precisely 10PM.

DEATH TO ALL PLAYS HOUSE OF BLUES HOLLYWOOD

Death to All, a tribute to Chuck Schuldiner’s influential metal band ‘Death’, featuring members of the original line up from their 1991 album  Human with Max Phelps of Exist and Cynic on vocals played a ripping first show of the tour at the House of Blues Hollywood last weekend with support from Anciients and Masters of Metal.